NEW DELHI: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh turned his lifelong dream into actuality by turning into the youngest world chess champion at 18, defeating reigning champion Ding Liren within the remaining recreation of an exciting contest.
At simply 11 years previous, Gukesh declared his ambition to turn out to be the youngest world champion, and 7 years later, he fulfilled his cherished objective.
A video going viral on social media captures the younger prodigy confidently sharing his dream when requested about his private ambition: “I wish to turn out to be the youngest world champion,” he mentioned.
Gukesh additionally turned solely the second Indian to clinch the world title after legendary Viswanathan Anand, who owned the crown 5 occasions in his profession.
Gukesh clinched the title by scoring 7.5 factors to his Chinese language rival Ding Liren’s 6.5, securing victory within the 14th and remaining classical time management recreation of a match that appeared destined for a draw for a lot of its length.
Because the champion, Gukesh will take house a powerful prize of USD 1.three million (roughly Rs 11.03 crore) from the full prize pool of USD 2.5 million.
“I used to be dreaming this second for the final 10 years. I’m pleased that I realised the dream (and made it) into actuality,” the soft-spoken Chennai-lad informed reporters after the historic triumph in Singapore.
“I received a bit emotional as a result of I used to be not anticipating to win. However then I received an opportunity to press on,” he added.
Previous to Gukesh’s historic triumph on Thursday, the legendary Garry Kasparov of Russia held the report because the youngest world chess champion, having claimed the title at 22 by defeating Anatoly Karpov in 1985.
